borderline extortion but have eliminated been eliminated by chairman ajah high and the us federal communications commission. and turning from wildfires to hurricanes and rising sea levels it looks as if there's an unusual suspect it's knowledge ing the threat of climate change to coastal infrastructure it's big oil as the associated press reports the state of texas is seeking more than twelve billion dollars worth of refinancing or financing rather for a sixty mile stretch of seawall seawalls along the gulf coast to protect thirty petrochemical processing plants and refineries that produce greenhouse gases fueling stronger hurricanes one year ago. hurricane harvey which inflicted roughly one hundred twenty five billion dollars of economic damage what strengthening and route to texas making landfall on august twenty fifth now critics of government spending and climate change deniers including u.s. senator ted cruz are calling for the federal government to pay for the texas project even as the lone star state sits on get this eleven billion bucks worth of a budget surplus and their so-called rainy day fund s

sought to merge for three point nine billion dollars with tribune media although the us federal communications commission chairman had referred the matter to administrative law judge for consideration well now the deal has been called off and the parties are in litigation here look at the details r.t. america is on holland cook goes to the big picture how and you've been following this for months with us we appreciate it what do you think i mean it was a weird story beginning with right now it's become even more strange this is a story about hubris a term defined from greek tragedy meaning excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods leading to nemesis and you have covered here on boom bust all three acts in this particular tragedy the first was that mosaic and how naive could sinclair a t.v. company have been not to think somebody would mash up all those promos be trading the fact that these local anchors were really just taken orders from headquarters at to you alluded to f.c.c. chairman i who himself is under investigation for paving the way for this merger by deregulating in some cases very arcane

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federal communications commission in washington. >> watch "the communicators" tonight on c-span two. >> join us tomorrow for a pair of congressional hearings looking and our relationship with russia. on c-span, testimony from state and treasury department officials. live coverage begins at 10:00 p.m. -- 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. the senate banking committee looks into the effectiveness of sanctions on russia. witnesses include banking officials. you can watch that lives at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3, on c-span.org and our free radio at. -- radio app. >> the c-span bus has arrived by boat in hawaii for the 39th stop of our 50 capital store. we are on the island of a wahoo, visiting honolulu. >> we are excited to have c-span here in hawaii, we want to share the aloha spirit. i think this is a great opportunity for showcasing hawaii across the nation. welcome and a loja. oha.- and al and want to welcome c-span its impressive bus that is going across the nation. i know c-span will enjoy the sunshine, beauty, and a loja -- aloha. they will enjoy the aloha spirit as they enjoy hawaii. i, lieutenant governor of the state of hawaii

federal communications commission in washington. >> must the communicators tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. join us tomorrow for a pair of congressional hearings looking at our relationship with russia. on c-span, we have testimony from state and treasury department officials who appear foreignhe senate relations committee. it starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. the senate banking committee looks into the effectiveness of sanctions against russia. treasuryinclude the and other banking officials. you can watch that at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span three. you can see it on the free c-span radio app. the c-span bus has arrived by boat in hawaii for the 39th stop of our 50 capitals tour. oahu. on loha spiritrit -- a that we can share. this is a great opportunity for showcasing hawaii across the nation. welcome and aloha. >> i want to make a warm welcome to c-span and it's impressive buzz that's going all over -- bus is going all over our nation. i know they will enjoy the beauty and sunshine of the aloha state. i'm sure you will feel the spirit as the bus embarks on the discovery of hawaii as part o

us here in. america is broadcasting watchdog has shut down the flagship radio station of controversial personality alex jones and his show in four wars and the federal communications commission has since filed a complaint with the justice department against texas based liberty radio for quote unlicensed operating defendants willfully and repeatedly violated f.c.c. regulations by unlawfully operating an unlicensed radio station by reason of the foregoing defendants are jointly and severally liable to the united states for a forfeiture penalty in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars alex jones launched his website info wars in the late ninety's his you tube videos have been watched over one point six billion times which is comparable to most popular western media outlets even if you donald trump before he became the us president and was praised by a morning i here are some highlights from his shows on a pioneer i'm going to explore just like the bible says it's basically an intergalactic invasion into this space through people i tell you it all the agent said it's what they warned us it's what we're doing with their demons. i came knocking on your door a million times and he

us again on the program is to find come the president really do this. no i in fact was general counsel of the federal communications commission at a time when there was a so-called fairness doctrine to do what the president says he wants to do require broadcasters to give equal time no to conflicting viewpoints on matters of importance this was held to be a violation of the first amendment the government does not have any authority to favor a disfavor any private exercise of speech whether it's a biased or not and in fact the initial abandonment of the fairness doctrine aided the people who now are for trump right wing radio talk hosts like rush limbaugh are hannity made their way through the abandonment and the government hands off policy when it comes to viewpoints expressed by private entities that's the same issue that's being claimed against google well you have too many liberal viewpoints well that's too bad the first amendment entitles private broadcasters newspapers al-jazeera others to be as biased as they want the remedy for what's the ought to be ill conceived speech is more speech not suppression so this position that bristol trump is artic

the federal communications commission helps decide where that money goes to connect fortunate americans or americans who live in remote places. are you saying the wireless industry will be looking to use that -- to extend to rural areas. funds, there is a mobility . congress approved $600 million for the agency. are veryd of subsidies helpful to in sent -- incentivize service in those areas. >> it has been going on for decades under democrats and republicans both. same from the the earlier generations of conductivity. it is the same principle operating. >> it absolutely should. it will create a nationwide communications network. there is a comparable service and comparable rates. it is paid for by users themselves and it enables the whole country to succeed. that weally critical need the goals of the communications act. telemedicine and not have to bring people into the big city to access their services. >> i am from south dakota and i really believe in getting roll out there. the issue is where you needed most is where it is most difficult. that is for the government is doing everything it can to even it out. as we move into the internet of things and 5g, is security being baked in?

federal communications commissions broad band employment advisory committee. there's been some controversy surrounding that body. you are not the fcc right now, anyhow, used to be, but that was another administration a while ago. there's been some controversy with localities saying we've been cut out and the kind of cooperative language that you're discussing now seems to have been absent from some complaints. what do you see there >> we just had our meeting and basically we tried to work out as much as we could and got major cooperation from localities. in fact we got a unanimous vote for a model municipal code that the local representatives signed off on. so we are seeing cooperation. cities are represented. states are represented. we are really seeing very strong support for what we're trying to do here. so i think that, you know, we could have more local representatives on there, but the people that signed up and the people that applied ended up being the ones that were chosen. in the end, the ones that are there strongly advocating for the interest of localities. industry is bending over back wards saying how can we work together to get consensus her

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federal communications commission by santa clara county, the fire department, san jose and multiple other parties in support of net neutrality.james williams, saa clara county counsel their #1 priority to keep usct lives and property and any impediment to that is just unacceptable." michelle kingston, mkingstonnewsverizon is introducing a new service plan next week that will feature unlimited data with an easy way to upgrade service at no additional cost.in santa clara michelle kingston kron 4 news (live) taking a live look outside at san francisco's embarcadero.... (anchor) (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with meterologist mabrisa rodriguez. lawrence lane are still bringing heavy rains and flooding to hawaii. more flooding is likely over the next couple of days. it was not as hazy today as we began to see more of a westerly wind. and highs were warmer too with more sunshine and highs in the 80s inland and 60s at the coast.. on the satellite image you can see how the circulation pattern is bringing smoke just off the coast and pushing it onshore. high pressure will strengthen over the bay area this weekend which should warm temperatures slightly. highs tomorrow will be in the 70s

members of congress look at the communications and decency act issued, but we arty have some government regulations in place that can help us. we have the federal trade commissionwe have a federal communicationsco commission. they can both take a hand and looking at the uneven application oflde the rules -- >> tammy: i get very nervous. are not a libertarian, i'm not even a republican, but when we start seeing -- and i think regulations can be very good. we've seen that when it comes to the environment, government does have a role, albeit a very limited one. when we start talking about governmentnt agencies deciding o has to be heard and what must be done i start thinking of things like the fairness doctrine, which may talk radio impossible to have. r i worry about, again, this notion that when you are dealing with private or public companies, but not the timenment, at the same google, a very big role in government, involved with barack obama's administration. they themselves, the market share, the value of them are bigger than some countries. apple just i think became the first time $1 trillion traded company. are you not concerned about government involvement

federal communications commission by santa ara county, the fire department, san jose and multiple other parties in support of net neutrality.james williams, santa clara county counsel their #1 priority to keep ussafe, to protect lives and property and any impediment to that is just unacceptable." michelle kingston, mkingstonnewsverizon is introducing a new service plan next week that will feature unlimited data with an easy way to upgrade service at no additional cost.in santa clara michelle kingston kron 4 news (justine) in wildfire news. firefighters are starting to get a hold on the mendocino complex fires. the flames have burned more than 377- thousand acres...and it is 67-percent contained. more than 150 homes have been destroyed. there are still more than a thousand buiildings being threatened. however...the mandatory evacuation order has been reduced to an evacuation advisory for the lake pillsbury and surrounding area within the mendocino national forest and lake county...that are under current madatory evacuation. crews expect to have the flames fully contained by september first. (justine) taking a live look outside....(jr stone) meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez has our forecast. lawr

federal communications commission said that new york's wbai was wrong in playing the record. though the fcc imposed no punishment immediately. and the supreme court agreed. >> i was raised at a time when usinglow intelligence. and he helped break that stereotype for me. >> carlin, even as a bit, no such thing as bad words. there is bad intentions but there is not bad words. so that was freedom. >> as soon as something is desensitized then it becomes normal. then when it becomes the normal then it doesn't become offensive. then when something isn't offensive, then we are not afraid of it anymore. >> everything george carlin said was basically him looking at the world saying grow up, grow up, grow up. >> [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. now that was the original. we've added a few words since then. we added f[ bleep ]. and i know there are many sort words that many of you are wondering, why they aren't considered. we are looking at them closely. some of your favorites might make the list [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. joint. dork. boomtang. corn hole. and dingele berry. atic arthriti. as you and your rheumatologist consider treatments, ask if xeljanz xr is right for you. xeljanz xr is a once-daily pill f

us now. >> reporter: well, larry, this is the blistering testimony which the chief of the santa clara county central fire department wrote in a court brief to support the county's lawsuit against the fcc, the federal communications commissiond states suing the fcc to overturn the commission's repeal, the so-called net neutrality rules, this to ensure the equal treatment of internet traffic. the data throttling happened after the mendocino complex fires erupted last month. throttling, deliberately restricting data transfers. santa clara county firefighters saw internet data flow slow down dramatically. >> the speed was reduced to 1/200th of the full speed of the internet collection. >> council puts it another way. >> below dial-up, putting them back 20, 30 years in terms of internet access really. >> reporter: while the firefighters were battling what would become the biggest wildfire in the state's history. >> they started using personal devices to overcome the issue. >> reporter: the court filing, verizon officials said its department exceeded the plan limit. the command in communications rig called functioning, in this e-mail from the fire department to verizon an i.t. officer demanded remove any data throttling on oes-5

us to think about those things. dagen: you mentioned those parts of government that do have the power to regulate, the justice department, the fed trade commission and the fcc, the federal communicationssh-goad congress, if you will, to change the communication decency act. internet companies are shielded from liability for the content produced by hoarse. >> my job is to study the issue. we could do a discussion about the internet search. our job is to look at these things, to look at what the right answer is. dagen: i think it's reassuring that there are people in government who actually understand tech because, again, when mark zuckerberg was in front of congress, that was kind of, well, interesting to say the least. >> we need to make sure that things are fair for americans and for all americans, not just left wing americans, that's for sure. dagen: do you think that rising interest rates and let's talk about the federal reserve are a threat to our economic expansion? we get the second reading on second quarter gross domestic product in 50 minutes. >> right. well, of course i can't comment on the gdp release but -- sorry about the leaf blower behind me. but i respect the independen